Judge Juan Merchan, who will preside over former President Trump's arraignment Tuesday, also oversaw the case against the Trump Organization last year.
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy says Trump’s new lawyer on the defense team has a "lot of experience" in "document-intensive" white-collar defenses, which will be helpful in this "documents case."
At 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Trump will appear before Judge Juan Merchan for the first preceding in the unprecedented case against the former president. But it won't be the first time Merchan has presided over cases involving Trump and his business dealings. Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on April 3, 2023, in New York City. Trump returned to New York for his expected booking and arraignment Tuesday on charges arising from hush-money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Merchan is also the judge presiding over the fraud case against Steve Bannon in relation to the"We Build the Wall" organization.Merchan was born in Bogota, Colombia, and emigrated to New York City when he was 6 years old. He was raised in Queens as the youngest of six children.
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